The most positive thing I can say about the sequel is that
there are two Asian American speaking characters helping the heroes.One, an Asian mechanic named Jimmy, and the
other an Asian female driver name Suki who is also the girlfriend of a
Caucasian racing promoter Edwin.But
the Asians are secondary characters and definitely have less play time than
Rick Yun and his gang.

Now for the bad news.First these writers need diversity and sensitivity training (see
specific comments below).In my long
career in script reading never have I seen a more racist script.They are lazy and rely on easy writing fixed
to make a diverse cast unique. Second, this movie once again relies on a very
dated formula of keeping the bad guys one particular race.The first movie it was the Asians, this time
it’s the Latinos particularly Cubans.

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– Latino American youth is described as an “Hombre”.

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– Davon Aoki’s character name is Suki.Giving the impression of being more foreign then native.

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18 – African American hero is described as an individual who oozes cool.

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Latinos and are described as goons.

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45 – Good guy mechanic is Asian American named Jimmy.

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52 – European racers are described as Eurotrash.

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– Another Asian street racer named Koto.

The original 2000 summer blockbuster had Rick Yun, but kept
his face and name out of movie posters and billboards.It featured him with other nameless Asians
as evil one-dimensional thugs and villains – believe it or not, the sequel is
worse.Through an anonymous source,
MANAA has received a copy of a production draft
of Fast & The Furious 2 and this franchise continues to disappoint and
insult.The sequel limits the Asian
male’s involvement in the street-racing scene even further by not featuring any
Asian male character of consequence.There is one non-speaking Asian male driver and another (played by Asian
Rapper, Jin) who plays a mechanic/technician and has a few scenes with minimal
speaking lines.Additionally, the Asian
with the most screen time is female - half-Asian/half-Caucasian part-time
actress/part-time model, Devon Aoki.

The import car scene is a billion-dollar industry, and
although it’s popularity has span to many youths of different races, it was
founded and supported early-on by Asian Males.To put this in another perspective, compare this to past celebrities
such as Al Jolson and Elvis using music and choreography from Black artists to
improve and enhance their appeal and popularity, and yet do nothing to credit
or advance the people they blatantly steal from.

We also find this movie to be as equally offensive to Latino
Americans as well.In the same tired
formula that the original movie followed, all the bad guys are Latino males.
These Latinos have no redeeming qualities, no dimension in their character, and
is described (in the script) in an unflattering light.Action will also be taken against the
writers who unnecessarily uses very degrading, racist and sexist language to
describe the minority characters.

We’ve contacted Universal and director John Singleton
with very minimal results.Some of the
explanations to the lack of any Asian male roles are:

·It takes place in Miami and the city has very little
Asian presence.

·It features Devon and Jin, which should satisfy their
quota of Asians in this movie.

·There was a lack of quality Asian male talent and could
not find anyone qualified enough to play the co-lead roles in this movie.

They also felt that this issue is not important enough to
garner an advance screening and a meeting with the producers to this movie.

If you feel this issue IS important, then you can help.First and foremost, DO NOT SEE THIS MOVIE –
ESECIALLY ON OPENING WEEKEND.Spread
the word to anyone and everyone that you feel would be interested and would help support
our fight.Sign our online
petition that will go to directly to Universal Head Ron Meyer, Producer
Neil Mortz, and Director John Singleton.If you want to personally write a letter of complaint, click here for a
list of contacts. Together we can make a difference.